diff --git a/utils/string-utils.class.ts b/utils/string-utils.class.ts
index faff2fda..cbce9848 100644
--- a/utils/string-utils.class.ts
+++ b/utils/string-utils.class.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class Identifier {
       pid = Identifier.getRawDOIValue(pid);
       return {"class": "doi", "id": pid};
     } else if (Identifier.isValidORCID(pid)) {
-      return {"class": "ORCID", "id": pid};
+      return {"class": "ORCID", "id": Identifier.getRawORCID(pid)};
     } else if (Identifier.isValidPMCID(pid)) {
       return {"class": "pmc", "id": pid};
     } else if (Identifier.isValidPMID(pid)) {
@@ -237,9 +237,15 @@ export class Identifier {
   
   public static isValidORCID(str: string): boolean {
     let exp = /\b\d{4}-\d{4}-\d{4}-(\d{3}X|\d{4})\b/g;
-    return str.match(exp) != null;
+    return str.match(exp) != null || this.getRawORCID(str).match(exp) != null;
+  }
+  public static getRawORCID(id: string): string {
+    if(id.indexOf("orcid.org")!=-1 && id.split("orcid.org/").length > 1){
+      id = id.split("orcid.org/")[1];
+    }
+    return id;
+
   }
-  
   public static isValidPMID(str: string): boolean {
     let exp = /^\d*$/g;
     return str.match(exp) != null;
@@ -279,7 +285,7 @@ export class StringUtils {
   public static jsonRegex = /^[\],:{}\s]*$/;
   
   public static urlPrefix(url: string): string {
-    if (url.startsWith("http://") || url.startsWith("https://") || url.startsWith("//")) {
+    if (!url || url.startsWith("http://") || url.startsWith("https://") || url.startsWith("//")) {
       return "";
     } else {
       return "//";